#B9BEB2#B9BEB2

#B9BEB2 is a light, near-neutral yellow-green. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.018 H 125.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#B9BEB2
RGB	rgb(185, 190, 178)
HSL	hsl(85, 8%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(85, 6%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.6%, 0%, 6.3%, 25.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.29, -3.93, 5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.29, 6.72, 125.81°)
OKLab	oklab(79.41% -0.0101 0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(79.41% 0.018 125.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.4556, 50.3555, 49.3830)
Luminance	0.5036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow-green

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#B9BEB2 #B7B2BE

analogous

#BEBDB2 #B9BEB2 #B3BEB2

triadic

#B9BEB2 #B2B9BE #BEB2B9

tetradic

#B9BEB2 #B2BEBD #B7B2BE #BEB2B3

square

#B9BEB2 #B2BEBD #B7B2BE #BEB2B3

split-complementary

#B9BEB2 #B2B3BE #BDB2BE

monochromatic

#7D8570 #9BA291 #B9BEB2 #D7DAD3 #F0F1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#B9BEB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#B9BEB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #B9BEB2

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##B9BEB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##B9BEB2	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0BCB1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFBCB2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BABDBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #b9beb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(185, 190, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.018 125.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ced1c9',
    500: '#b9beb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #b9beb2;
$custom-light: #ced1c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#b9beb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 185,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 85,
    "s": 8.451,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79414,
    "c": 0.01751,
    "h": 125.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#B9BEB2

secondary

#898391

accent

#53926D

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FAFBF9

border

#D3D4D2

text

#131413

muted

#838382

Preview Lab

Preview with #B9BEB2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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